11-Aug-2004, 06:11 AM
Until I started driving professionally (a substitute fixed-route bus driver) a month or so ago, I hadn't realized how many completely disconnected people are out there at the wheel. The number of near accidents I see in a stint of only five hours/day at the wheel is just mind-boggling.
How can anyone "not see" an 8'6" wide x 10'6" high x 35' long green and white bus? Yes, our buses are wider than yours, but we couldn't have high-bridge double-deckers, as the legal maximum height is 14'0". Since I have less than 10 passengers on my bus most of the time, that's not a problem!
Frank Damp
Anacortes, WA, USA
How can anyone "not see" an 8'6" wide x 10'6" high x 35' long green and white bus? Yes, our buses are wider than yours, but we couldn't have high-bridge double-deckers, as the legal maximum height is 14'0". Since I have less than 10 passengers on my bus most of the time, that's not a problem!
Frank Damp
Anacortes, WA, USA
Frank Damp (wife Eileen, nee Nixon)
Leyland resident 1941-1965, emigrated to the US in 1968,
retired to Anacortes, Washington State, USA in 1999.
Leyland resident 1941-1965, emigrated to the US in 1968,
retired to Anacortes, Washington State, USA in 1999.